UKAPS News and GuidelinesInformation about UKAPS and our forum, also contains forum rules.Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:56:58 +0000Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:56:58 +0000UK Aquatic Plant Societyhttps://www.ukaps.org/forum/forums/ukaps-news-and-guidelines.5/
Donations
All monies received will be directed into the Society, no monies will pass as payment to any of the founders, admin team or members. We are a non profit making organisation, our aims as laid out in our mission statement.

Thank you for any contributions you can make, they will be on a purely voluntary basis. No rewards will be given, but all members will benefit from the generosity of all those kind enough to donate.

thank you once again from all of us for your continued support and effort.

Cheers
Paulo]]>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 23:41:38 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.49267/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.49267/LondonDragonLondonDragonPhoto Posting Size
Just for info, I have increased the size of the photos that can be uploaded directly to forum. Should make life easier

Cheers
Paulo]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:55:54 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/photo-posting-size.48795/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/photo-posting-size.48795/LondonDragonLondonDragonGlobal moderators
Just would like to thank @Tim Harrison , @ian_m and @hogan53 for being very active moderators and for accepting the task of becoming Global Moderators that look after the entire forum.

Many thanks once again for your hard work to make UKAPS a great community

Cheers
Paulo]]>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:54:17 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/global-moderators.48730/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/global-moderators.48730/LondonDragonLondonDragon4Forum Upgrade
Just performed another forum upgrade, let me know if you notice any issues with the forum.

Cheers
Paulo]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:59:28 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.48627/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.48627/LondonDragonLondonDragon1UKAPS website now encrypted
Bit of technical jargon, I have been working on making UKAPS fully encrypted using SSL certificates.

Reason for this, I have had this on the works for a while just finding the time to get around to doing it, mainly the traffic from UKAPS is now encrypted from the server to your device and is not easily sniffed by anyone across the internet, so your data remains private including your passwords.

Also Apple are dropping support for http in their Apps from January so things like Tapatalk app would stop working if we did not move to https encryption, so we are now ready for that also.

You should see a lock next to the URL on your browser to indicate this, you could get some warning about insecure content on pages, this will mainly happen when someone as linked an external image via a source that starts with http rather than https, this can be on posts or member signatures, where possible use https to link to external sources/resources. Some browsers will actually block this content and you will have to click on a warning to enable this content so beware if images don't show up properly.

I recommend uploading the photos via the UKAPS built in facilities. The "Upload a File" button on post creation.

In terms of functionality there is no difference and just enjoy UKAPS as normal

Regards
Paulo]]>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 23:14:52 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.42804/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/forum-upgrade.42804/LondonDragonLondonDragonForum Down time for maintenance
Forum will be down at some stage for maintenance, can't be specific on time so when it goes you know why

Cheers
Paulo]]>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:29:43 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/yet-another-forum-upgrade.40329/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/yet-another-forum-upgrade.40329/LondonDragonLondonDragon5Change of moderation model
Have been thinking about this for a while and after some conversations with the Founders and some older members we have decided to go ahead with the idea.

As you know we have Global Moderators which oversee the entire board and moderate what is out of place and monitor posts for potential issues. This means that every mod pretty much needs to go over every single post and this creates a lot of duplication of the work load, as the forum grows this becomes more difficult to manage and eventually "nobody got time for that"

Therefore we have approached a number of regular active members and asked if they are interested in moderating single forums instead, this will distribute the work load and reduce the duplication that is currently happening.

We have approached a few members and I would like to say thanks to those that are willing to assist with this change, I am pleased to announce the following members will be added to the UKAPS moderation team shortly:

Cheers
Paulo]]>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:42:36 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/change-of-moderation-model.38704/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/change-of-moderation-model.38704/LondonDragonLondonDragon31New full-time career in aquatics
It's with a great sense of excitement that I announce a change in full-time career from the Armed Forces to the aquatic industry.

From 1 April 2014 I will be the AquaGro Brand Manager for Tropical Marine Centre (TMC). The role is very diverse and there are some extremely exciting plans in the pipeline.

I still intend to post on UKAPS as a hobbyist under "George Farmer" but in the interest of integrity will refrain from mentioning TMC products directly.

TMC will sponsor UKAPS where I will also be active, but under the "TMC AquaGro" username.

Cheers,
George]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2014 07:54:33 +0000https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/new-full-time-career-in-aquatics.31848/
https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/new-full-time-career-in-aquatics.31848/George FarmerGeorge Farmer49Facebook and Twitter Pages
Just to let you all know that a new Facebook page was today created for UKAPS to tie in with the Facebook and Twitter integration, the new page can be found here: UK Aquatic Plant Society | Facebook

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https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/ukaps-tshirts-options-poll.30234/Dan CrawfordDan Crawford54New Featured Aquascape....
We feel that Andy's work is a true reflection of what is possible with the right amount of research, well chosen products and dedication. Well done Andy

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https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/new-featured-aquascape.10089/Dan CrawfordDan Crawford29New Featured Aquascape....
We feel that Andy's work is a true reflection of what is possible with the right amount of research, well chosen products and dedication. Well done Andy